The AfD leader wants to speak in Ingolstadt four days before the Bavarian state elections. Then he suddenly has to go to the hospital during the event. The circumstances are still unclear.
AfD federal chairman Tino Chrupalla was hospitalized during an election campaign event in Ingolstadt. As the police said, he had to receive medical treatment behind the stage on Wednesday afternoon before the start of a speech on the theater square and was then taken to the hospital. No obvious injury was apparent at this point. A spokesman for Chrupalla said late on Wednesday evening that he was “stable under the circumstances” and would be “monitored in intensive care” next night. Chrupalla is approachable. This is all that can currently be published about it.
“In order to clarify the details of this medical incident, further investigations were carried out by the Ingolstadt Criminal Investigation Department,” the police statement continued. A spokesman said police wanted to investigate whether third parties could be responsible for the incident. But there is no evidence of an attack. That is the current status of the investigation. The AfD federal office had spoken of an “assault incident” against Chrupalla.
Tino Chrupalla has led the AfD for almost four years
A police spokesman said police wanted to investigate whether third parties could be responsible for the incident. But there is no evidence of an attack. That is the current status of the investigation. The AfD federal office had spoken of an “assault incident” against Chrupalla.
Police asked visitors who took photos or videos around the event to make them available to investigators. A spokesman for the Bavarian AfD parliamentary group said that an incident occurred in a crowd shortly before his speech. The “Donaukurier” and “Junge Freiheit” had previously reported on it.
In Bavaria, the state parliament will be elected on Sunday. The 48-year-old Saxon Chrupalla has been at the head of the AfD for almost four years. He initially led the party together with Jörg Meuthen, who left the AfD at the beginning of 2022. Chrupalla and Alice Weidel have been the party’s leadership duo since June 2022. You are also chairwoman of the AfD parliamentary group.
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Weidel had decided not to make a planned public appearance in the Bavarian-Thuringian border town of Mödlareuth on Tuesday, German Unity Day. A spokesman said there had been a “security-related incident” the weekend before last. “Mrs Weidel and her family were taken from their private apartment to a safe place by security authorities because there had been increasing evidence that pointed to an attack on her family,” he said when asked. A spokesman for the Schwyz police in central Switzerland confirmed to broadcaster SRF on Wednesday that a police operation in this matter would take place on September 23rd. He did not want to say anything about the nature of the operation.
It was announced on Wednesday that Weidel is currently in Mallorca. Her spokesman Daniel Tapp confirmed a “Spiegel” report that Weidel was seen in a beach restaurant on Tuesday, German Unity Day, in a town on the east coast of Mallorca, together with her partner. “After the event on September 23rd, which was very upsetting for the entire family, she and her partner and children followed the recommendation to stay away from their home environment for some time, which was a suspected target of the attack,” said Tapp.
At the event in Mödlareuth, a speaker claimed that Weidel was in a so-called safe house and was not allowed to leave it at the moment. According to her spokesman, this is not correct. When asked how the stay in Mallorca fit in with an impression that might have arisen from the video message that there was currently a threat to Weidel on German Unity Day, Tapp said: “It’s probably hard to imagine what it’s like for a family if you have to leave your home under police protection.” This prompted Weidel to “spend a few days with her family in peace and relative seclusion.” Weidel has been in Mallorca since Sunday and wants to return in the next few days.
Note: This article has been updated several times.
Source: Stern
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